Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky (russian: Андре́й Ипполи́тович Вильки́цкий; — ) was a Russian

hydrographer Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary p ...

and

surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...

. He was born in the

Minsk Governorate The Minsk Governorate (russian: Минская губерния, Belarusian: ) or Government of Minsk was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partition ...

. His son, Boris Vilkitsky followed up his father's work; the Vilkitsky Islands are named after him.

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''Polarpost'' 1858 births 1913 deaths People from Borisovsky Uyezd Belarusian nobility Russian explorers Explorers from the Russian Empire Explorers of the Arctic Explorers of Siberia Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class {{Russia-bio-stub

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